Europe
Buffer stops? Why banks haven’t used Covid capital relief
Amid weak credit demand, banks haven’t availed themselves of capital buffers, but they still might
€STR transition stymied by addiction to Eonia – ECB
Notional outstanding OIS referencing outgoing rate has increased year-to-date
Capital cliff effect awaits EU banks as Covid support wanes
CET1 ratios have benefited from state intervention, but could drop sharply as measures expire
Esma warns of UK-sized hole in Europe’s fund leverage radar
Executive at hedge fund AQR also urges reform of EU leverage measures to better assess risk
European banks want clarity on post-Covid capital rebuild
Supervisors urged to explain what will happen when pandemic relief on capital buffers expires
Weak EU banks may lowball Covid loan losses – ECB
Low-profitability banks provision less than their more flush counterparts
EU Covid policies resurrect sovereign doom loop fears
Italian banks could see holdings of home country debt increase to 17% of their total assets
State-backed Covid loans have light capital impact – EBA
Average risk density of guaranteed loans was 18% at end-June
EU loans under Covid moratoria have high credit risk – EBA
Banks in Austria, Iceland, Romania and Slovakia especially vulnerable, data shows
Synthetic Libor powers give FCA ‘massive discretion’
Consultation on use of new benchmark clout may not limit safety-net rates to economic realities
Isda study reveals size of Covid’s trading book capital hike
Procyclicality led to aggregate 25% rise in market, CVA risk-weighted assets
Regulators’ margin model rules too lax – BlackRock exec
Risk USA: EU anti-procyclicality rules like “putting a curtain over a draughty window”
Banks in EU periphery lose most on soured loans
Irish, Spanish, Italian banks also have to wait longest to recover loaned funds to borrowers in default
UBS gears up for another tilt at clearing
Swiss bank makes senior hires and upgrades tech platform ahead of Brexit and leverage offset
EU’s dividend ban overshadows reform effort
Banks may be reluctant to run down buffers even if regulators soften the MDA threshold for payouts
EU funds lack liquidity management tools – Esma
Most Ucits can only rely on temporary borrowing or gating to weather crises
November 9: the day the Brexodus started?
The UK Treasury’s equivalence verdict is a positive gesture, but could backfire if not reciprocated
Mixed response to Esma’s clearing carve-out for optimisation
Long-awaited proposal must be replicated by US and UK to be effective, participants say
How low can you go: falling cost of FX fix sparks concern
Algorithms reducing fixing fees, but some dealers willing to go even lower – perhaps dangerously so
The buy side and Libor: it’s decision time
Investors weigh pros and cons of signing newly released Isda fallback protocol, as Libor demise looms
Loan-loss provisions take a smaller bite out of EU banks in Q3
Set-asides fell 57% quarter on quarter
SME risks take centre stage at European banks
Lenders could suffer if government support for small business starts to wane
EBA wants Basel to revisit prudential rules on software
Banking regulator set to soften capital impact of IT assets, but proposals are still out of line with US
French rivals BPCE, SocGen see market risks fall in Q3
Market RWAs drop 24% at SocGen quarter on quarter